We're all colleagues and speaking for myself, I'm not going to report someone who tells me in confidence that he's having problems he thinks are from a vaccine. I can't imagine anyone else I work with would either. No one I've flown with has said they've had any problems from it. To answer your question, yes, I think they'd be honest with me because telling me wouldn't pose a risk for them to lose their medical certificate. We as a group don't typically try to knife each other in the back. Do you run to report a colleague to the police if he tells you he exceeded the speed limit coming to work? I'm not the government's health police. We have to get physicals every six months, it's the job of the AME (aviation medical examiner) to sign off on a pilot's medical certificate and declare him fit to fly. My AME has never even asked me if I'm vaccinated, which tells me that he doesn't think having the vaccine has any potential for causing problems.
Interesting reading. BTW, have you noticed that the FAA has been updating their medical exam info a lot in the last few months...?
Just to be clear (and I understand loyalty and not snitching) if one of your colleagues told you they were having issues your wouldn’t say anything even though they have responsibility for many lives in those planes?
The analogy of speeding isn’t very accurate—seems more like not reporting that that person drove into work drunk as hell and probably still very intoxicated.